The British Nobility thread 1: Ending 2022


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Yesterday, June 5, Viscountess Weymouth attended the Cartier and British Vogue Darlings Dinner in London:


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This evening, June 19, Viscountess Weymouth was among the guests at the Victoria & Albert Museum Summer Party:


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I don't know if this belongs her in this thread but I could not think of anywhere else to put it. I am reading "The Sisters: The Saga of the Mitford Family" and am in "Chapter 11: Family at Odds". It is 1937 and Decca is getting married and afterwards Sydney, her mother, and Deborah (the future Duchess of Devonshire) travel to Austria to attend a party. The book states that Austria was then in Hitler's Reich since the Anschluss. I thought the Anschluss took place in 1938?
 
duchessrachel said:
I don't know if this belongs her in this thread but I could not think of anywhere else to put it. I am reading "The Sisters: The Saga of the Mitford Family" and am in "Chapter 11: Family at Odds". It is 1937 and Decca is getting married and afterwards Sydney, her mother, and Deborah (the future Duchess of Devonshire) travel to Austria to attend a party. The book states that Austria was then in Hitler's Reich since the Anschluss. I thought the Anschluss took place in 1938?
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The Germans crossed the Austrian border on the 12th of March 1938.
 
duchessrachel said:
Thanks. So can I assume the author of this book got the year wrong?
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Yes, they must have. Decca had her baby in December 1937 if I remember it correctly and although she and Esmond were socialist rebels who did everything their own way they had been properly married for some time then.
 
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Such sad and shocking news when a young person dies so unexpectedly!
 
I read a book on the Mitford sisters and I am currently reading the book on the letters between the six sisters. I "think" I want to read Jessica's book "Hons and Rebels", her memoirs, except that in the book I read and in the book I am reading, there are comments that it is not totally accurate. In "The Saga of the Mitford Family", the author suggested that she may have mixed up reality with Nancy's novels that have exaggerated characters based on their family. Also, in a letter between Deborah and Diana, one of them says that 90% of "Hons and Rebels" is not true. I just don't want to waste my time on a non-fiction book that "may be" more fiction than truth. Thoughts?
 
duchessrachel said:
I read a book on the Mitford sisters and I am currently reading the book on the letters between the six sisters. I "think" I want to read Jessica's book "Hons and Rebels", her memoirs, except that in the book I read and in the book I am reading, there are comments that it is not totally accurate. In "The Saga of the Mitford Family", the author suggested that she may have mixed up reality with Nancy's novels that have exaggerated characters based on their family. Also, in a letter between Deborah and Diana, one of them says that 90% of "Hons and Rebels" is not true. I just don't want to waste my time on a non-fiction book that "may be" more fiction than truth. Thoughts?
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Anything involving the Mitford sisters written by themselves about the family should be taken with a pinch of salt.
 
duchessrachel said:
Thanks, I will avoid it.
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I don't think you should avoid it. The way the Mitford sisters perceived and described themselves is a big part in what made them so enchanting and often things they leave out are those they found to hard to bear.
 
I've read a couple of interviews with her and seen her on the Longleat program I think she's ok. Be interesting to see if she can dance at all. Her father in law is certainly "eccentric".
 
Viscountess Weymouth on Strictly Come Dancing

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She comes across as garish and craves fame /celebrity status.
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That's my gut reaction too based on all the photos I've seen of her in the last few years at a variety of functions & also some TV programmes that have been made about Longleat although she did come across as a sunny & sweet person who is good company. She's clever & beautiful but her work as a model & her penchant for dressing scantily while attending high profile social events emphasises her appearance at the expense of her brains & other qualities, which is not doing herself justice IMO. I think she has much more to contribute to the role of future Marchioness of Bath & chatelaine of Longleat than her ability to look fabulous at social functions or dance a Tango on Saturday night TV. Having said that, perhaps she can use the enormous exposure she's about to get to promote causes that will help others & if she can do that, then maybe she's doing the right thing by being a contestant.
 
Sadly a lot of people in the public eye seem to have this sort of personality. Those who don't are ones to follow!
 
Viscountess Weymouth enjy her holidays in St Tropez, France

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowb...ed-frame-scarlet-string-bikini-St-Tropez.html

Lady Frances von Hofmannsthal daughter of the 1st Earl of Snowdon attends the Fashion East front row during London Fashion Week September 2019 at 1948LDN today 13 September in London


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The Duchess of Richmond attends day two of the Goodwood Revival 2019 at Goodwood today 14 September in Chichester

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Eleanor Wellesley in Black Rock City, Nevada.


https://www.instagram.com/p/B1dnPm5hAwI/

Hugh Grosvenor, 7th Duke of Westminster is under fire for his property group aims to demolish Walden House in order to erect luxury flats, shops and social housing by 2023.


https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/9796467/britain-families-london-council-homes-westminster/

Stella Tennant is in partnership with Oxfam in its campaign called ‘Second Hand September’ – a new initiative to raise funds for charity and slow down the cult of disposable fashion.


https://www.theguardian.com/fashion...-tennant-wants-you-to-stop-buying-new-clothes

Guy Innes-Ker, 10th Duke of Roxburghe died on 29 August 2019 age 64 following a lengthy battle with cancer.


https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-49509327
 
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His daughter Lady Rosanagh Innes-Ker was a bridesmaid at the wedding of the Duke of York and Sarah Ferguson in 1986.
 
Indeed. His first wife too the then Duchess of Roxburghe (now Lady Jane Dawnay) is one Princess Beatrice's godparents.
 
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Indeed. His first wife too the then Duchess of Roxburghe (now Lady Jane Dawnay) is one Princess Beatrice's godparents.
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Lady Jane is also the aunt of the Duke of Westminster making the new Duke of Roxburghe the grandson of two dukes a "feat" he shares with the Duke of Northumberland.
 
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